North American Native Plant Society

NANPS Ontario Prairie Tour 

Mark your Calendar - the NANPS Ontario Prairie Tour is set for Saturday September 25th! Tickets are now available

- see order form at the foot of this section.

Please order early to help us arrange the car pool!

This is your chance to visit three very different examples of Ontario's Tallgrass Prairie in one day, with expert guides.

Red Cloud Cemetery  is an pioneer cemetery which has been preserved from development and spared regular mowings. It is a small piece of ancient prairie which has survived and been protected and preserved by volunteers.

Oak Hills Farm Prairie and Arboretum is a three year old prairie re-creation on a private site. Only three percent of Ontario's Tallgrass Prairie survives, so it is important to create more prairie habitat. This site includes an arboretum of over a hundred native trees and shrubs. It won a 2009 NANPS Garden Award.

Alderville Black Oak Savanna is the largest example of Black Oak Savanna in central Ontario. It is on native land; the first nations recognised its importance and protected it from a proposed housing development and from use for gravel extraction. The site is being carefully prepared and expanded.

Expert guides will include Gavin Trevelyan, a tallgrass prairie expert, Ed Heuval, Project Manager, Red Cloud, John Oyston, the owner of Oak Hills Farm and Janine McLeod, the Natural Heritage Co-ordinator for Alderville.

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 TICKET ORDER FORM: PLEASE PRINT OUT AND MAIL TO

JOHN OYSTON (NANPS EXCURSIONS), 18 WHITEHALL ROAD, TORONTO, ON  M4W 2C6

TICKET REQUEST FORM

I’d like tickets for the prairie tour ($15 per member, $25 for non-members) for:

Please send tickets to:   _________________________________

Street Name and Number ___________________________________________________

City__________________________________________  Post Code_________________

Car pool arrangements: Please tick one option

[  ]        I/we need a ride for __ people                        } Nearest  intersection/landmark:

                                                                                          } ___________________________

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[  ]        I/we can offer a ride for up to __ people       }Phone:

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[  ]        I don’t need a ride and cannot offer one.

(If you accept a lift remember that the gas will cost about $30, depending on the vehicle and the current price per litre.)

I enclose a check made out to NANPS for $   __________

A full map and detailed directions will be supplied with your tickets.

For questions, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Note: I will be away and not checking my phone or email from 20^th Aug – 7^th Sept.

Thanks, and have a great day!                                                                       John Oyston